Dead Battery Already?

[ZoomFive]

Anyone in the P5 community have their battery die in only 2 years time (or less)?

Mine just did and won't hold a charge for more than a few days. Never left the lights on, etc.

- ZoomFive

 

[HurricaneP5]

about a year and a half in, no probs so far here....could have been drained before you bought it, the dealer recharged it, but the life was shortened...

 

[Rusty]

Over the years, I've had four cars (American and Japanese) that I bought new, blow batteries within a year and a half.

 

[PeaB0dy]

Batteris only last me a couple of years, went through 3 with my previous car, and only had it for 5 years..

spend the little extra and get a good battery, like the top one from sears, or a yellow top, or even an energizer (saw them at wally mart..)

 

[ZoomFive]

Batteris only last me a couple of years, went through 3 with my previous car, and only had it for 5 years..

spend the little extra and get a good battery, like the top one from sears, or a yellow top, or even an energizer (saw them at wally mart..)

We're talking that it just made it to 2 years. C'mon.

-ZoomFive

 

[toucci]

the stock battery is a POS

 

[ZoomFive]

Lemme ask you guys this...

If you have the radio on, rear defrost on, headlights on, fog lights on, wipers on, and your windshield defrost set to fan speed 2, does your fan speed slow down noticibly at idle and then speed up if you blip the gas pedal? It does for me and I wonder why. Is it that the alternator power is being used up and the battery is not strong enough now to compensate unless I rev a bit?

- ZoomFive

 

[Rusty]

We're talking that it just made it to 2 years. C'mon.

-ZoomFive

I carry jumper cables everywhere I go in my '02 P5. When those cheap gel-packs blow, they give you no warning. The last start at home was good and strong, and now you're stranded! That's how it always happens to me.

 

[Mr. Win]

i went one year! now i have a red top optima

 

[acidbug]

Lemme ask you guys this...

If you have the radio on, rear defrost on, headlights on, fog lights on, wipers on, and your windshield defrost set to fan speed 2, does your fan speed slow down noticibly at idle and then speed up if you blip the gas pedal? It does for me and I wonder why. Is it that the alternator power is being used up and the battery is not strong enough now to compensate unless I rev a bit?

- ZoomFive

I have similar problems...

When i have my undercar neons..interior neons..headlights..and heater on..with the stereo up...i can watch the idle of the car bounce up and down with the music..i guess i need a Cap!

Chas

 

[turbodcee]

Lemme ask you guys this...

If you have the radio on, rear defrost on, headlights on, fog lights on, wipers on, and your windshield defrost set to fan speed 2, does your fan speed slow down noticibly at idle and then speed up if you blip the gas pedal? It does for me and I wonder why. Is it that the alternator power is being used up and the battery is not strong enough now to compensate unless I rev a bit?

- ZoomFive

My stock 03.5 does this.

And another weird thing it does is bump the idle up a bit when I turn the fan speed on(as is if the A/C is on). It does this randomly which I guess is based on the voltage requirements and voltage availability.

danny

 

[bazooka joe]

i've had mine for two and a half years, no problem yet. i think i'm going for the optima when this baby dies.

 

[lxpony]

Lemme ask you guys this...

If you have the radio on, rear defrost on, headlights on, fog lights on, wipers on, and your windshield defrost set to fan speed 2, does your fan speed slow down noticibly at idle and then speed up if you blip the gas pedal? It does for me and I wonder why. Is it that the alternator power is being used up and the battery is not strong enough now to compensate unless I rev a bit?

- ZoomFive

battery has ZERO function when the car is running - battery's only to power the car's starter - once car is running, anything and everything gets it's juice from the alternator- if your car bogs when all that crap is on while car is running it means your alternator cannot keep up- absolutely separate funcationally from the battery....

 

[redfyre]

2 years and still going strong.

 

[redfyre]

And that's two year with 2 good ol' Canadian winters.

 

[Tondano_P5]

2 years + 3 months still going strong.
I make 1 full hour drive from home to the office in the morning and 1 full hour in the evening (going back). So the battery always gets recharged 2 hours everyday. I think the more short drives you make the worse it is for the baterry.

 

[charles]

My stock 03.5 does this.

And another weird thing it does is bump the idle up a bit when I turn the fan speed on(as is if the A/C is on). It does this randomly which I guess is based on the voltage requirements and voltage availability.

danny

This is regular behavior, happens on every car I've ever driven.

I've heard the stock battery sucks, but, if you're still within warranty, they may replace it. I think that Mazda has a high[er] performance battery that they sometimes give out. This might just have been for the miata though, so don't quote me on that.

 

[1sty]

Have your alternator tested.

 

[bman]

i've had mine a year and a half, and the cheap little panasonic finally went dead on me, so i got a red top optima yesterday. i've been wanting to buy one but didnt really need it. and today my tire is flat-WTF!!!
bad week

 

[bazooka joe]

how much did you pay for the optima and where did you get it?